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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | The best assessment of Pulaski's legion came from a British officer who called them simply "the best damned cavalry the rebels ever had". In 1779 Pulaski and his legion were sent south to the besieged city of Charleston where he immediately raised morale and assisted in breaking the siege. A joint operation with the French was planned to recapture the city of Savannah. Against Pulaski's advice the French commander ordered an assault against the strongest point of the British defense. Seeing the allied troops falter Pulaski galloped forward to rally the men when he was mortally wounded by British cannon shot. He died two days later and was buried at sea. Pulaski was the romantic embodiment of the flashing saber and the trumpets calling to the charge and that is how history has remembered him. The larger-Than-life aspect of his death has often obscured his steadier quieter and more lasting services. It was in the drudgery of forging a disciplined American cavalry that could shadow and report on British movements in the long distance forage raids to feed and clothe the troops at Valley Forge and the bitter hit and run rearguard actions that covered retreating American armies that slowed British pursuit that gave Pulaski the title of "Father of the American cavalry". | | Headline | OCT: Polish-American parade honors Revolutionary hero. | | Copyright Notice | polonia.net | | Date Created | 07/30/2004 | | URL | http://www.pulaskiparade.com |
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